Logon Scripts in Powershell – Part4: Trigger ConfigMgr client actions

With the ConfigMgr agent in place on your client’s you probably want to force it to start some client actions on logon to speed up deployment of new applications.

This function will work with the ConfigMgr 2007 (on x86) and 2012 agent. (The reason for not working on a Win7 x64 and ConfigMgr 2007 is the lack of X64 support).

Function Run-ConfigMgrActions {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS 
		Trigger ConfigMgr client actions
	#>
	PARAM (
		[string] $actionFilter1 = "Application Global Evaluation Task*",
		[string] $actionFilter2 = "Request ? Evaluate*"
	)

	Write-Verbose "Run-ConfigMgrActions: Start actions with filter '$($actionFilter1)' or '$($actionFilter2)'"
	TRY {
		(New-Object -ComObject CPApplet.cpAppletMgr).GetClientActions() | Where-Object {$_.Name -like $actionFilter1 -or $_.Name -like $actionFilter2} | Sort-Object Name | ForEach-Object {
			Write-Verbose "Run-ConfigMgrActions: Starting ConfigMgr action: $($_.Name)"
			$_.PerformAction()
		}
	}
	CATCH {
		Write-Verbose "Run-ConfigMgrActions: Can't find and/or trigger ConfigMgr Agent"
	}
}